The man accused of vandalizing the Islamic Center of Fort Collins last month appeared in court Tuesday morning.

At the precedings, a public defender was appointed to represent Joseph Giaquinto, who has been charged with felony criminal mischief, misdemeanor trespassing and misdemeanor bias-motivated crime, the legal term for hate crime.

Giaquinto, who is out on bail, is due back in court May 19.

According to Giaquinto's arrest affidavit, Giaquinto told detectives he came onto the Islamic Center premises without permission and caused the damage, which included smashed glass doors and overturned furniture outside. Then, he told detectives, he returned to his nearby apartment to retrieve a Bible, which he brought back to the center and threw inside, according to his affidavit.

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